It is time for us all to “Man Up” when it comes to Hillary
Posted by: Dana
I work for one of the most incredible women I have ever know. She is strong, a straight talker and one of the best mentors I have ever had. She has this saying and I won’t say the entire thing here but let’s put it this way….when it is time to go to war she will say, “It is time to man up, put your #$%A on the outside of your dockers and let’s go to war.” It cracks me up, it is more symbolism than anything else the we need to be bold and stand up for what we believe in. I believe in Hillary, and I believe she can and will beat McCain. She has heard since Iowa that it is time for her to get out. To all of you male media pundits….let me share a something with you….SHE IS NOT GETTING OUT! She is in it to win it, because she believes she is the best candidate to lead the United States. Let me say that again, she believes she is the best candidate to lead the United States.
You can agree or disagree with me, it doesn’t really matter, because Hillary believes. I work with and volunteer with a “few” women candidates. Why do I work with and volunteer for them? Because they believe they are the best candidate to represent their district. Period! If you are a candidate and you don’t think you can win, get out of the race. If you think you can win, you don’t give up. If you are in the race you give it all you have, you have to believe in yourself even if the media doesn’t. Even if you don’t win you gave it you all and you deliver a message and talk about the issues that care most to you. If you are in a competitive or “lop-sided” race people will always be saying things mostly behind your back or to the media they will rarely so it to you.
I am proud of Hillary, and I will stand with her till the end, because I believe she can and will win. Let’s face it, we all know what an uphill battle it is to get the first woman or first African American man elected to be the President of the United States. If anyone thought it would be an easy task then let me have a drink of that! We knew it would be hard so we just need to stand up and believe in our cadidate and my candidate is Hillary.
I hear all thim that a certain candidate does not stand a chance or that they should wait, if they believe they can win, have looked at all the numbers then don’t let the media talk you out of running and winning. Look at what good candidates do to win, they give up all their free time and put themselves out there and they make huge sacrifices. Shouldn’t we go to the wall for them and believe in them as much if not more than they believe in themselves? They are the one who has given so much up so we should stand with them and for them!
I am ready to ”man up” and keep fighting for Hillary because just like in Iowa, she said, if you will stand up for me today, I will go to the White House and stand up for you everyday. I am standing with you Hillary. I know it is an uphill battle, I know the numbers look discouraging, but what is the worst that can happen? A competitive primary in a few more states where we increase voter registration for democrats, that voters in WV, OR, MT, etc are excited to go vote and the possibility that they meet Hillary or Obama along the way? I just ask that they both talk about the issues don’t get personal and have FUN! After June 3rd, let’s see where things are. Until then, let’s hope Hillary having the courage to run encourages a few other women to run.
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I couldn’t agree more!
When Reagan ran a campaign all the way to the convention with Ford, the Dukasis nomination, Kennedy and Carter and on and on- I can list for races that battled until a nominee was chosen and NO ONE asked a man to step down and quit- They only ask HRC “the little lady” to quit- why should she quit when we don’t yet have a nominee!!!! I love her more and more every day for staying in and fighting it out - half the people who weighed in all these primaries want her and half want him - it is too close for either of them to step down!
Agreed! I fear she may be the next Al Gore - wins the popular vote but loses the primary. Our Editor at All Things Democrat just posted on the demonization of HRC… http://www.allthingsdemocrat.com/2008/05/06/is-there-a-deliberate-demonization-of-hillary-clinton/
Excellent blog, by the way.
Absolutely. Neither one should step down, lets finish these primaries first.
This is so hipocritical. If Obama was down by one delegate, the drumbeat would be very load for him to drop out.
It was a closely fought and good campaign, but facts are facts. She’s lost the popular vote, she’s lost the delegate count, she’s won half the states Obama has and now because the original rules she agreed to play by don’t favor her she’s trying to change them, but even then, she STILL can’t make up the difference.
If she stays in, I don’t really care, because I don’t think it is necessarily a bad thing. But the fact remains that there is no way she can be the nominee without tearing down the Democratic party.
And Debra you know better than that. This is not a gender thing, and you know it.
As an Obama supporter, I want Sen. Clinton to stay in through WV and KY, for purely pragmatic reasons that benefit my own candidate. If she dropped out before those contests there’s a strong likelihood she’d still win them since she would be on the ballot. That would not look good for Obama.
Plus, its an opportunity for him to raise more money and meet voters in those states. I predict an easy Clinton victory in both of them, but with Obama narrowing the lead substantially through his excellent grassroots machine.
One of the reasons Hillary has done so well in the key battleground states, is the demographics mainly Senior voters. My biggest concern if Obama gets the nomination is the senior voters. No president has won election without the senior vote except of course Gore, but he won he just didn’t get the key. Seniors are most likely going to go for McCain. The story in the AZ republic on the youth vote shoud raise huge red flags to all Obama supporters. I am not saying he can’t win this key block of voters- Seniors, but it will be an uphill battle and McCain voted against the Medicare Modernization Act (for all the wrong reasons). So you have to take on Social Security which is not a winning issue among the youth- he will have to continue to increase voter turnout with the youth which he failed to do in Arizona as well as many other very important states that he must win to get the nomination.